Alwyn Andrew-Mziray, MD, MBA (1972-2011)

Dr. Alwyn T. Andrew-Mziray was a co-founder of The Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic and an emergency medicine trained physician with profound interest in international medicine. Alwyn had significant management experience, having worked in healthcare banking on Wall Street, and thereafter as a healthcare consultant. He served as Principal at the private equity group Bio-Equity Partners which focused on global pandemics. Alwyn co-founded the American chapter of the Tanzanian AIDS organization WAMATA, a non-governmental organization that works with people affected by HIV/AIDS. He sat on the board of Operation Smile in New York, and was a Trustee of two hospitals in Tanzania. Alwyn trained in emergency medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital -Columbia & Cornell where he received the prestigious Augustine D’Orta award. Alwyn received the combined MD/iMBA from the University of Chicago – Pritzker School of Medicine and the Booth Graduate School of Business where he concentrated in healthcare management and policy, entrepreneurship and finance. He obtained his BA in Chemistry from the University of Chicago, where he was the GTE fellow in Chemistry, the RWJ/MMEP scholar for health sciences and the I&G scholar in physical sciences. Amy and Alwyn were close friends for 20 years.